Data Analyst

This is a senior role with high autonomy and cross-functional impact, operating with deep influence across the deep tech team and also working closely with the data teams across other Techleap units. This also means an extensive collaboration with data specialists from other organizations, such as dealroom, InvestNL and TNO.

What You'll Be Doing

In this role, you will lead complex analytical initiatives that guide Techleap's strategic direction. You'll create deep, data-driven analyses of high-value verticals such as quantum, biotech, compute, energy and climate tech. Furthermore you will be mapping funding landscapes, talent pools, infrastructure readiness, and competitive positioning. These vertical deep dives help reveal ecosystem gaps, surface high-potential opportunities, and inform policy and support recommendations.

You will also be responsible for flagship publications like the State of Dutch Tech Report, conducting annual ecosystem-wide analyses on funding, talent, valuations, exits, and international competitiveness. You'll combine historical trends with forward-looking insights to create narratives used by leadership, government stakeholders, and media.

Another recurring responsibility is the Academic Venture Monitor, where you track the performance of university spinoffs and research commercialization. You'll benchmark Dutch academic innovation against global peers and illuminate areas for improvement in collaboration between academia and industry.

Beyond research and analysis, you own analytical products end-to-end: translating complex questions into structured analytical products, designing scalable data models and semantic layers, building dashboards with consistent definitions, and ensuring they update reliably. You'll use AI tools where relevant to accelerate analysis and maximize productivity.

You'll lead projects from scoping to delivery, managing expectations, risks, and timelines and work closely within the Deeptech program and across the Techleap Community and AI Hub. Driving adoption also matters: you'll train users, create documentation, and establish feedback loops, so your work leads to real, measurable outcomes.

Your role includes shaping data quality and governance. You'll define KPI standards, formalize data contracts, and implement monitoring and alerting to strengthen trust in our metrics. Ultimately, your work reduces time-to-insight, increases clarity across the organization, and delivers high-value analytical outputs that move the ecosystem forward.

Lastly you will publish blogs or LinkedIn post sharing insights based on data. In doing so, you will give Techleap's Expertise Centre a clear voice and strong public presence.

Techleap Data Stack

TL's data environment is built on a modern, cohesive stack that supports reliable insights and scalable growth. At the core are Google Workspace and selected Google Cloud components, forming the operational backbone. Data is transformed and organized through dbt and stored in BigQuery, which together serve as the central warehouse and lake. Relationship and CRM data are managed in Attio, while Steep provides the business intelligence layer that turns complex information into clear, actionable dashboards. The ecosystem draws from a blend of internal business systems and external datasets, ensuring a rich, up-to-date picture of the tech landscape. All of this is supported by strong data practices, including standardized KPIs, clear data contracts, continuous monitoring, and rigorous quality assurance.

Who you are

Our ideal candidate embodies most of the qualities listed below. If you don't meet every requirement but believe you're the right fit, we encourage you to make your case., * Connect: You collaborate naturally across teams and with external stakeholders, building meaningful relationships that strengthen insight-sharing and alignment.

• Make Impact: You focus on producing analytical products that matter-clear, actionable, reliable. Your work enables better decisions and drives ecosystem-wide progress.
• Growth Mindset: You take ownership, learn actively, and embrace experimentation. You continuously refine your models, tools, and processes to increase value and clarity
• Truly Care: You work with empathy and precision. You care about accuracy, accessibility, and helping others succeed by providing data they can trust and understand.

Your success in 6 Months

• A trusted, well-documented KPI suite is consistently used across teams.
• Executive-ready dashboards for Tech and Deep Tech are live, with clear narratives and drill-downs.
• Core datasets run more reliably, supported by monitoring and alerting.
• Time-to-answer for recurring leadership and board questions has significantly decreased.

You have more than six years of experience in analytics, data product development, or BI engineering, with a track record of delivering production-ready solutions that actually get used. Your SQL expertise and grasp of analytics data modeling ranging from dimensional models to well-structured semantic layers allow you to build clean, scalable foundations for insights. You're confident working with modern BI tools, managing transformations, and maintaining lightweight but reliable data pipelines.

Beyond the technical depth, you excel in project management and have repeatedly delivered complex workstreams involving multiple stakeholders from start to finish. You communicate clearly and comfortably: defining KPIs, aligning on shared definitions, writing reports or blog posts, and presenting insights to executives. Your natural curiosity drives you to explore the dynamics of tech ecosystems, and you bring an understanding of deep-tech trends and the metrics that matter.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with both internal business systems and external ecosystem datasets.
• Knowledge of and experience with AI tooling to improve analysis.
• Knowledge of CRM-centric data modeling and enrichment for go-to-market strategies.
• Skills in scripting for automation and QA, versioning analytics assets, and maintaining documentation standards.
• Experience establishing KPI frameworks and organizational metric standards.

• A salary between €6,200 - €6,900 gross per month (full-time)
• 8% holiday allowance
• 15% pension allowance for you to allocate
• Home- and BYOD allowance
• Travel allowance
• Unlimited holidays
• Hybrid working setup (max. 2 days WFH),
• A full-time contract (32-40 hours per week)

Technology may be key to a more sustainable, equitable, and enjoyable future, but it takes a talented team of experts to accelerate its full potential. At Techleap we support the growth of Dutch start-ups and scale-ups by providing leadership programs, access to funding, mentorship, and international networks. We are the expertise centre for tech entrepreneurship (data and knowledge) and put key issues on the policy agenda. The team is committed to fostering innovation, diversity, and collaboration and works closely with stakeholders across the public and private sectors to accelerate the development of the Dutch startup ecosystem.